by Miriam Krause Last Thursday, the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology had a brush with mainstream media exposure: A Twin Cities TV station, KMSP: Fox 9, did a story about a recent CSN publication for the …
Year: 2016
Nanotechnology and Climate Change: Finding Connections
by Cathy Murphy A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to go the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (“HWK”) in Delmenhorst, Germany, for a round-table discussion called “Finding Common Ground: Interdisciplinary Teaching of …
How Green is Iceland?
by Juli Troiano edited by Arielle Mensch and Eric Melby Before I travelled to Iceland for the first time in August the only thing I really knew about the country was “Iceland is green and …
Carbon Nanotubes: the Next Generation of Global Water Purification?
by Emily Caudill edited by Arielle Mensch My typical day (maybe like yours) involves waking up, taking a 10 minute shower, cooking breakfast, running the dishwasher if it’s full, going to work, eating dinner with …
Carbon Nanotubes as Flame Retardants: Is the Cure worse than the Cold?
by Howard Fairbrother According to the US National Fire Protection Association, nearly 20 percent of home fire deaths between 2006 and 2010 occurred in fires where upholstered furniture was the first item to ignite.1 In …
Sunburns and Circuits: How Nanotechnology is Pushing the Boundaries of Computing
by John Van Gilder edited by Ian Gunsolus and Alicia McGeachy Last July, IBM announced that it had developed a new computer chip that could boost computer speeds by 50%.1 The company achieved this performance …